...and more than 180 distinguished international speakers at the region’s largest gathering of ICT professionals and industry experts. Ms. Aliza Knox, Managing Director of Commerce for Google Asia Pacific and Ambassador David A. Gross, Partner at Wiley Rein LLP, will deliver Visionary Addresses on Wednesday, June 29th, at Marina Bay Sands. They will navigate through the business opportunities and challenges in Asia as the global ICT industry undergoes rapid transformation and operators around the world strive to provide value-added services through continuous innovation. Ms. Aliza Knox will give an overview on how ‘Asia defines the Internet’ by following the trajectory of the smartphone across the region whilst Ambassador David A. Gross will draw from his past experiences as the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy at the U.S. Department of State and share his opinion on ‘Profiting From the Turmoil’.
A CEO Perspectives segment on June 20th will discuss ’Emerging Business Models and Challenges for ICT Stakeholders in the Digital Economy‘. The intensive panel discussion will see C-level thought leaders from across the globe debate the impact of next-generation networks on consumers and businesses; emerging business models; critical success factors; and the changing roles in the evolving IT ecosystem.
Delegates at the CommunicAsia2012 Summit can look forward to 16 technology sessions, including more than 180 conferences, workshops, and panel discussions that will foster dialogue among industry and government leaders, and provide executive insights and analysis on the exciting ICT developments across Asia Pacific and beyond. A wide range of topics from cloud computing to mobile marketing will be presented by prominent speakers such as Mr. Simone Brunozzi, Technology Evangelist, Asia Pacific, Amazon Web Services; Mr. Dan Scoffer, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, VeriFone; Mr. Stevan Hoyle, President, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa, Vodafone Global Enterprise; Mr. Christian Geissendoerfer, CEO of Yoose; Mr. Wayne Purboo, President, CEO & Co-Founder, QuickPlay Media; Mr. Rodrigo Donazzolo, Head of IP Interoperability, BT Global Telecom Markets Asia Pacific, and many more.
The ‘Satellite Communications’ track will take a comprehensive look into the opportunities available in the satellite sector. Mr. Adrian Ballintine, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of NewSat, will deliver the keynote presentation and discuss Australasian satellite growth. He will be joined by industry heavyweights such as Mr. Erez Antebi, CEO of Gilat Satellite Networks; Mr. Richard Lord, CTO of Altobridge and Mr. Titus Yong, VP of SingTel Satellite who will shed light on maximising business efficiencies for various industries using satellite communications.